The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1887-03-11
THE sENATn. stYd.a ~ &
number Of bills whidh passed
,ecame laws, including 1l5
2O57of q stssctly private
ing 3s q list OF the more
ssy,larasT 49, xho ,ta rntnN

1Came laws, ln04ndtng 11O,
EOosof srefEtly private
ing Is q lia& OF the more
splaced On the statutes
M e~d pse.-salr cUlsgress: ~
The presidential sncces aonal bill tieyoiving
aeLlrsnip 70 tne rresidenc5 upon me-abers Of tho
of president and vice president: Interstate cofn-s
nercc bill: for tho ratirement and recoinage Of
ras ~ the electoral count bill for the 81
tending tho protection Of the laws to Indians on
tfe yafious reservations; to repeal the tcnurc Of
for militia O establish agriouitnrai expcrincnt %
stations Nor tho study Of the effects Of mar
cottcs and intoxicsnts IN the public schools; TO
incre1se the pension for tho loss Of an arm or
TO inttctunify the Chinese for loss sustained
6S ihs Book sprines rioss; for the relief of
ment syf accounts for arms between Montana
and the United States: TO amend The laws re-
stos ANthorlzc the postnnasters general 70 allow.
0oMponsation, fot railroads for apartment car
ssryise furnished ~ parsuant to agreement: TO
ness treatyot Nov. ~. 1870 81
Of the foregoing measures seyen became
4 laws BY the expiration of the Donsti titutional
ten days limit, the Mormon polygalry, trade
dolias militia NIL md four private bile The
ber, eleven being OF public and twenty
L eight of private character Among the pub
ltc bills vetoed were these:
d TO quiet tho titlessof settlers on tho Dee;
ssd ss sss T. s
hpuse); for the erection Of q public building at
sioux CITY. low: e. grant railroads right Of
way through an ndtan reservation in Montana
The ninety three house bills vetoed. In
ISclnded eighty seven private bills and six
fsbill9 OF q public nature. Among the public,
billssvetoed were those for the erection OF q
federal building ut Duluth, Minn, TO dis
tribute seeds among the 0uth-strtcken
people OF Texas, and to rant,pensions to
dependent soldiers and dependent relatives
OF deqeasad soldiers. ~
4@ IHR REGULAR APPROPRIATION BILLS
Witch failed Of ennctment were the fortifica-
tion bill Tor both congresses, the river and
hnrbor bill OF the present Hesaion (Which was
not signed by the presidency md tho de.
| ficiency bin, on which the conference report
was not submitted IN tins for action. Fifty
laws and those vetoed were sent to the pres
l idens. but were pccketcd by him on the ad- !
/ joufnin nent OF congress, md therefore failed.
Tho most important are aB follows;
ahe syss saa aarpoT ana t The sMpey
q Itans4si tho o'Noil labor arbitratiol biil tor
sstAte rondss and their employees; the Morrison
Esnrpus resolutfont to annex q part Of Idaho to
II Washimgton Territory.
the bill TO repeal the presumption and
u timber culture and desert land laws
w'esa In, conference for a long while, but the
differences proved trreconcilabe. The bill
to tax fractional parts o. gallon OF spirlta
was killed BY 9 refusal OF the house to ac-
ceptsthe conference report Bills establish
Ling additional aids TO navigation ut the
mouth Of the mississippi and forfeiting the
land grant to q nrailrond from OntonaQOn to
the Wisconsin state line also failed In con-
ference. while the bill to create depart
mentof agriculture and labor was killed BY
the Inability Of It's friends to send Ii to con-
teyence committeee About 100 bills and
Joint resolutions which passed the house
failedof action In the senate, some OF which
were defeated by adverse committee re-
portR The most important Of these are as
follows: 4 sis $ .;s 81
TO authorize the establ bltshment OF export to-
Il baGco manufactures and for i drawback upon
n imported articles used In manufacturing OK
ported tobacco, terminate certain Chinese
treaty sttpulations and prohibit the Chinese im-
= migration in the United States.
about seventy We bills passed by the SEN
Siled OF PaasssH In the house. The Blair
tal ii fr passing tho senate was
@noha before the house for
friends claimed q de-
Is favor on n test vote.